Participants are needed for a research student of counselors-in-training and recently graduated counselors. Please see the message below from the researcher for more information:

Dear counselors-in-training,

My name is Hsin-Ya Tang and I am a faculty member in the Department of Counseling and Educational Studies at Johns Hopkins University. I am writing to request your participation in my research study. I will be exploring the lived experiences of counselors-in-training (CIT) and recent graduated counselors addressing anti-Asian racism with Asian and Asian American (A/AA) clients. The results of this study may be used to support counselor educators to train CITs to effectively work with A/AA clients. Very little research has been done in this area, so I hope that my study will contribute useful insights to the profession and will be enlightening to counselor educators. I would appreciate if you would consider agreeing to be a participant for my study.

In order to be considered a participant for the purposes of this study, you must meet all of the following three criteria:

• You are at least 18 years old
• You are currently enrolled in internship in a CACREP master’s or doctoral counseling program or you have graduated from a CACREP program within the past 12 months
• You have provided counseling for A/AA clients experiencing anti-Asian racism.

I am planning to interview each participant once via Zoom. If you agree to participate in this study, the time commitment required will be approximately 45-60 minutes for an interview. The confidential interviews will be conducted at a time of your choosing and will be audio recorded.

If you have any questions and/or if you are willing to take part in this study, please contact me at htang30@jhu.edu to schedule your interview.